A well-regarded journalist at the Washington Post, who happens to also be a sexual assault survivor, was just suspended by the editors for tweeting out a well-reported story (that she did not write) about Kobe Bryant's rape accusation and civil settlement in Colorado several years ago. Their objection was that her tweet "made it more difficult for her colleagues to do their work."
Meanwhile, the Washington Post Reporters Guild came out to support her with hundreds of reporters' signatures, and readers' comments on the news (which to give WaPo some credit, they allowed two other reporters to criticize) are nearly-uniformly castigating the editors' decision.
Meanwhile, the reporter got thousands of abusive messages, including death threats, for reminding people that in addition to being a magical basketball player and father, Bryant was also a rapist. She had to go stay in a hotel for her own safety and the editors didn't offer her any support or protection. She was punished for telling the truth, offering some balance to the insane celebrity-athlete worship.
This culture venerates male power to an insane degree. You CAN acknowledge Bryant's good works and legendary skills at playing a ball game, and ALSO acknowledge the truth of his full persona, which included male privilege, male power, and the silencing of women, who matter less.
This culture promotes and protects male/celebrity/athletic/economic power over women over and over again.
